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The KEENAN RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES

at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Chair: Dr. Boris Hinz
Coordinator: Rachel Yeo

Friday, October 2, 2026

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Dr. Neil GOLDENBERG

MD, PhD, FRCPC, Staff Anesthesiologist, SickKids Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine,  University of Toronto

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Inflammasome Activation in Pulmonary Hypertension

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LKS Auditorium, KRC Seminar

Next Speaker

The Keenan Research Seminar Series provides a forum for presenting the latest research advances by scientists located within and affiliated with the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science at St. Michael’s Hospital, as well as invited speakers from the greater Toronto area.

 

Every month we feature contributions from the:

Chair: Dr. Venkat Bhat

Coordinator: Andreia Moretzsohn

Upcoming Speakers - Fall & Winter 2026

​​Friday, October 9, 2026

Inflammasome Activation in Pulmonary Hypertension

Dr. Neil GOLDENBERG

MD, PhD, FRCPC, Staff Anesthesiologist, SickKids Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine,  University of Toronto

LKS Auditorium, KRC Seminar

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Friday, October 16, 2026

TBD

Dr. Margot TAYLOR

PhD, Professor, Departments of Medical Imaging and Psychology, University of Toronto, Director of Functional Neuroimaging, Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology at the Hospital for Sick Children

Room #136, iBEST Seminar

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Friday, October 23, 2026

Neuroimmune and Vascular Drivers of Brain Disorders

Dr. Jorge Ivan ALVAREZ

Ph.D, Associate Professor of Neuroimmunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania

LKS Auditorium, KRC Seminar

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Friday, October 30, 2026

Myelination: a gateway for brain plasticity

Dr. Wendy XIN

PhD, Scientist, Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute and Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto

LKS Auditorium, KRC Seminar

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Friday, November 6, 2026

Introduction to Patient Engagement in the Laboratory

Various Speakers

Virtual and LKS Auditorium, Special Seminar

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Friday, November 13, 2026

TBD

Dr. Retesh BAJAJ

MBBS, PhD, Interventional Cardiology Consultant, St Michael's Hospital, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, University of Toronto

LKS Auditorium, KRC Seminar

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Friday, November 27, 2026

TBD

Dr. Alexandre (Sasha) DOUPLIK

PhD, Professor of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University

LKS Auditorium, iBEST Seminar

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Friday, December 11, 2026

Circadian rhythms of pain in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: a translational perspective

Dr. Nader GHASEMLOU

PhD, Senior Scientist at the Krembil Brain Institute and Associate Professor in the Departments of Immunology and Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Toronto

LKS Auditorium, KRC Seminar

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Friday, December 18, 2026

TBD

Dr. Yeganeh BAHOO

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Toronto Metropolitan University

LKS Auditorium, iBEST Seminar

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Thursday, April 22, 2027

TBD

Dr. Natasha RAJAH

PhD, Canada Research Chair in Sex, Gender and Diversity in Brain Health, Memory and Aging, Professor of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University

LKS Auditorium, iBEST Seminar

PREVIOUS  Speakers - 2025/2026

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​​Friday, October 2, 2026

Plasma membrane-derived nanoparticles for overcoming biological barriers

Dr. Christos TAPEINOS
KRC Seminar

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Friday, September 18, 2026

Transitional cell states in renal recovery and conserved reparative pathways

Moumita BARUA

KRC Lecture

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Friday, September 25, 2026

Engineering Nucleic Acids and Lipid Nanoparticles for Precision Medicine

Dr. Bowen LI

iBEST Lecture

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Friday, September 11, 2026

Mobilizing B cells for cancer immunotherapy

Aereas AUNG

KRC Lecture

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​Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Multicompartmental 3D Models to Study Stromal–Immune–Epithelial Interactions and Drug Responses under Reconstructed Gastrointestinal Tract Microenvironment

Dr. Bruno SARMENTO

KRC Seminar

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Friday, June 12, 2026

Collective cell movements: cellular and molecular dynamics at the leading edge

Dr. Rodrigo FERNANDEZ-GONZALES

 KRC Seminar

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​​Friday, June 5, 2026

Responsible AI in Software Engineering and Healthcare

Dr. Glaucia MELO

iBEST Lecture

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​Friday, May 29, 2026

'The heart-brain axis: The next frontier!!!'

Dr. Kim CONNELLY

KRC Seminar

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​​Friday, May 22, 2026

The edge of motion: how calcium signaling shapes actin architecture and cell migration

Dr. Sergey PLOTNIKOV

KRC Seminar

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​Friday, May 15, 2026

Accelerating Formulation Mixtures with Self-Driving Labs

Dr. Frank GU

iBEST Lecture

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​Friday, May 8, 2026

Inflammation and Invasion in Oral Cancer: Insights from Spatial Transcriptomics

Marco MAGALHAES

KRC Seminar

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​​Friday, May 1, 2026

Reprogramming metabolism for cancer therapy

Dr. Marianne KORITZINSKY

KRC Seminar

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​Friday, April 24, 2026

Engineering Porous Biomaterials for Minimally Invasive Medical Devices

Dr. Solmaz KARAMIKAMKAR

iBEST Lecture

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​Friday, April 17, 2026

MRI for Ventricular Arrhythmia Management

Dr. Graham WRIGHT

iBEST Lecture

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​​​​​​Friday, March 27, 2026

Developing the next generation of precision therapies for BRAF mutant cancer

Dr. April ROSE

KRC Seminar

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Friday, March 20, 2026

Atherosclerotic Plaque Macrophages Drive Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Dr. Clint ROBBINS

KRC Seminar

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Friday, March 13, 2026

Lung Injury: (Regional) Pressure is everything

Dr. Laurent BROCHARD

KRC Seminar

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​Friday, February 20, 2026

Bio-Interfaced Soft Materials for Point-of-Care and Personalized Medicine

Dr. Shaghayegh SHAJARI

iBEST Lecture

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Friday, February 13, 2026

Biological pacemakers: a cell therapy approach to cardiac pacing

Dr. Stephanie PROTZE

KRC Seminar

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​Friday, February 6, 2026

Electrochemical and functional nucleic acids - Key tools for next-generation biosensing

Dr. Leyla SOLEYMANI

iBEST Seminar

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Friday, January 23, 2026

​​Harnessing multiomics and human tissue models to delineate immune mediated liver disease  pathways

Dr. Sonya MacPARLAND

KRC Seminar

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​Friday, January 9, 2025

Heart Regeneration with Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Dr. Michael LAFLAMME

iBEST Seminar

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​Friday, December 12, 2025

Artemis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Dr. Armen PARSYAN

KRC Seminar

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​​​Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Periostin contributes to differential sex-linked gene expression during infarct healing

Dr. Ian DIXON

KRC Special Seminar

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Friday, December 5, 2025

Challenges and Opportunities of Human 7 Tesla MRI for Clinical Research

Dr. Kamil ULUDAG

LKS Auditorium, iBEST Seminar

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Friday, November 28, 2025

The Recent Growth of Medicinal Chemistry at McMaster University

Dr. Jakob MAGOLAN

LKS Auditorium, KRC Seminar

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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Keynote Lecture of the Unity Health Toronto Cancer Research Symposium

Dr. Pamela OHASHI

Unity Health Toronto Cancer Symposium

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​​​​Friday, November 21, 2025

Translational studies on adiponectin in cardiometabolic disease

Dr. Gary SWEENEY

KRC Seminar

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​Friday, November 7, 2025

DNA holds the words, but chromatin tells the story in cancer

Dr. Mathieu LUPIEN

KRC Seminar

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 10:00 - 11:00

Lung Injury, Regeneration, and Fibrosis

Dr. Rachel ZEMANS

Special Seminar

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Friday, October 31, 2025

Dr. Dana PHILPOTT

Role of NOD2 in fibrosis associated with Crohn’s disease

KRC Seminar

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Dr. Ellen PURÉ

Fibroblasts and Extracellular Matrix as Potential Targets within Pathogenic Fibrotic Ecosystems

Special Seminar

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Friday, October 24, 2025

Dr. David Goertz

Opening and closing blood vessels with ultrasound induced cavitation

iBEST Lecture

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Friday, October 17, 2025

Dr. Eugenia Kumacheva

Organoid-on-a-chip platform: From fibrous biomimetic hydrogels to screening biologically active ingredients to machine learning

KRC Seminar

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Friday, October 10, 2025

Dr. Chiara Gorrini

Decoding the Tumour Microenvironment for Clinical Breakthroughs

KRC Seminar

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Friday, October 3, 2025

Dr. Caitilin MAIKAWA

Biointerfacing Polymer Materials for Sensing and Drug Delivery

iBEST, Lecture

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Friday, September 26, 2025

Dr. Boris HINZ

Myofibroblasts, Memory, Mechanics, and Macrophages

KRC Seminar

  

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Dr. Joel BOERCKEL

On algebra: mechanobiology of development and repair

Special KRC Seminar

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Friday, July 11, 2025

Dr. Paola LUCIANI

Patient-centric lipid-based therapeutic approaches to tackle inflammation and fibrosis

KRC Seminar

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Friday, June 27, 2025

Dr. Cristina NOSTRO

Human pluripotent stem cell-derived islets: challenges and opportunities for clinical applications

KRC Seminar

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Friday, June 20, 2025

Dr. Naimul KHAN

iBEST Lecture

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Dr. Michelle BENDECK

Modulating cell adhesion to improve arteries

KRC Seminar

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Friday, June 6, 2025

Dr. Costin ANTONESCU

Dynamic nanoscale molecular platforms drive responses to growth factors and metabolic cues

KRC Seminar

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Friday, May 30, 2025

Dr. Chenxi QIAN

Label-Free Optical Microscopy

LKS Auditorium, iBEST Lecture

 

Friday, May 23, 2025

Dr. Brian COX

Systems biology approach to the discovery of subtypes of preeclampsia

KRC Seminar

  

Friday, May 16, 2025

Dr. Scott HEXIMER

Don’t You Forget About Me: The Search for Fibrosis Targets in the Remote Myocardium

KRC Seminar

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